Footnotes
This serialized history drew on the journals herein beginning with the 4 July 1855 issue of the Deseret News and with the 3 January 1857 issue of the LDS Millennial Star.
The labels on the spines of the four volumes read respectively as follows: “Joseph Smith’s Journal—1842–3 by Willard Richards” (book 1); “Joseph Smith’s Journal by W. Richards 1843” (book 2); “Joseph Smith’s Journal by W. Richards 1843–4” (book 3); and “W. Richards’ Journal 1844 Vol. 4” (book 4). Richards kept JS’s journal in the front of book 4, and after JS’s death Richards kept his own journal in the back of the volume.
“Schedule of Church Records, Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
“Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]; “Contents of the Historian and Recorder’s Office G. S. L. City July 1858,” 2; “Index of Records and Journals in the Historian’s Office 1878,” [11]–[12], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; Johnson, Register of the Joseph Smith Collection, 7.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Johnson, Jeffery O. Register of the Joseph Smith Collection in the Church Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973.
Footnotes
Historical Introduction to JS, Journal, Dec. 1841–Dec. 1842.
Source Note to JS, Journal, 1835–1836; Source Note to JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838.
See Appendix 3.
Phillipps’s Treatise on the Law of Evidence states that “the character of the parties to a civil suit affords, in general, such a weak and vague inference as to the truth of points in issue between them, that it is not usual to admit evidence of this description.” The published version of the trial in The Wasp describes defense witness Charles Ivins being rejected by the court because the reason he was being called was to testify concerning the defendant’s character. (Phillipps and Amos, Treatise on the Law of Evidence, 1:443; “Decision,” The Wasp, 22 Mar. 1843, [2]–[3].)
Phillipps, S. March, and Andrew Amos. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, from the Eighth London Edition, with Considerable Additions. Vol. 1. Boston: Elisha G. Hammond, 1839.
The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.
TEXT: Possibly “nor”.
Tate was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1810, possibly in the village of West Milton. A graduate of the Medical College of Ohio in 1840, he was a “regular” physician. Tate advertised his medical services in Nauvoo as especially for female patients with cases of “Prolapsus Uteri and Hernia or Rupture” and published several articles on inflammation and disease in The Wasp. It is not known why JS objected to Tate’s testimony. Although Tate was not allowed to testify in the initial trial, he was one of the witnesses summoned for Brink’s appeal to the municipal court in April 1843. (Martin, History of Cass County, 2:767; Perrin, History of Cass County Illinois, 84; Entry for Harvey Tate, 1841, Nauvoo Temple, Record of Baptisms for the Dead, vol. A, p. 160; “Elder’s Conference,” Times and Seasons, 1 Apr. 1843, 4:157–159; “H. Tate, M.D.,” The Wasp, 3 Dec. 1842, [3]; Harvey Tate, “Remarks on Inflamation,” The Wasp, 31 Dec. 1842, [2]; Harvey Tate, Letter to the editor, The Wasp, 1 Feb. 1843, [2]–[3]; Harvey Tate, “Letter Third— On Inflammation,” The Wasp, 22 Feb. 1843, [2]–[3]; Harvey Tate, “Letter Fourth,” The Wasp, 5 Apr. 1843, [1]; Subpoena, 4 Apr. 1843, Dana v. Brink [Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1843], Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.)
Martin, Charles, ed. History of Cass County. 2 vols. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, edited by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby. Chicago: Munsell Publishing, 1915.
Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Cass County Illinois. Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1882.
Nauvoo Temple. Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 1841, 1843–1845. CHL.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.
Probably Elizabeth Davis Durfee, wife of Jabez Durfee and a friend of JS and Emma Smith.
On 23 February 1843, the Quorum of the Twelve, over the signature of Brigham Young, wrote to church members in Ramus, Illinois, urging them to send provisions for the use of JS and his family so JS could devote more time to the “spiritual interest” of the church. The five teamloads of provisions that arrived on 3 March were part of the response. A similar request for assistance appears in the earlier JS journal entry for 18 February 1843. For a list of provisions coming from Ramus, see Subscription List, Ramus, IL, 3 Mar. 1843, JS Office Papers, CHL. (Brigham Young, Nauvoo, IL, to “the church,” Ramus, IL, 23 Feb. 1843, draft, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL.)
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.